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NC's Crowd-Funded Economy

The Kenan Institute's Brent Lane explains how "crowd-sourced" funding helped North Carolina's economy boom over a century ago. He speaks to the Shaftesbury Society Luncheon, an event hosted by the John Locke Foundation. More

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

Professor Deborah Stroman, Director of Sport Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement at the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute, connects students and professionals to better the business of basketball More

The Kenan Institute at UNC Uses Profound to Aid Start-Ups

The Kenan Institute chose Profound, a business intelligence solution, to help provide reports for entrepreneurs who need current market data to develop business plans and secure funding. More

Deborah Stroman, Director of Sport Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement at the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, discussed the social and economic impact of the sports industry and what its $300 billion industry means for North Carolina. She also touched on what data analysis in marketing, ticketing, fan engagement and sport science tell about the industry. More

The Kenan Creative Collaboratory has announced selections for its first grants to incubate and advance partnerships among researchers, teachers, practitioners, performers and artists. More

Clean Tech at Carolina

The Kenan Institute's Mark Little, Director of the NCGrowth initiative, speaks about economic development in North Carolina communities and the role of clean tech. More

NC business climate is strong, despite recent corporate layoffs

Brent Lane, Kenan Institute Economic Strategist, discusses recent announcements of corporate layoffs and their impact on North Carolina. More

Sir Walter Raleigh and the uncertain future of space travel

Brent Lane, a professor of heritage economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the director of the Kenan Institute's Carolina Center for Competitive Economies had been pondering parallels between Raleigh's sixteenth-century sea voyages and twenty-first-century space exploration. More